The public quarrel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands — which share a passport, a military and constitutional ties — is ...

A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...

Kiribati, a Pacific Ocean neighbor of Hawaii with a vast Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.6 million square kms (1.4 million square miles) has developed close ties to Beijing in recent years including ...

China and the Cook Islands on Friday signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, but the lack of transparency ...

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has called for a reset in government-to-government relations with the Cook ...

Tensions have risen since Kiribati aligned itself with China in 2019 and signed a series of bilateral deals with Beijing. The bond between Kiribati — population 120,000 — and its near neighbor ...

Kiribati also severed ties with pro-West Taiwan the same year as a growing number of Pacific island nations gravitate towards Beijing. Why are the Cook Islands and other Pacific islands ...

Cook Islands discloses its China deal, stirring diplomatic tensions with New Zealand over seabed mineral cooperation and ...

New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters, calls for a 'reset' in relations with the Cook Islands following agreements ...

New Zealand is taking too hasty and too abrasive an approach to Pacific islands, putting leadership in the region on edge. We ...

Many Pacific nations have forged closer ties with Beijing in recent years. In 2019, pro-China President Maamau oversaw Kiribati’s switch in diplomatic ties from Taiwan to China, one of several ...